[news] Satellites will track 5, 000 of the worst criminals in Britain

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The Independent (UK) ; 18 July 2004 ; By Sophie Goodchild and Andrew Johnson 
Satellite technology will be used to track 5,000 career criminals who are 
responsible for one in every 10 crimes in Britain, the Home Secretary David 
Blunkett will announce tomorrow. The radical new technology, which has been 
developed in the US, will enable law enforcement officers to pinpoint the exact 
location of criminals who have been released early from prison and fitted with 
electronic tags.

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